Combination cigarette and match case.



PATBNTED DEC. 4, 1906.

C. B. CRCESBBCK. COMBINATION CIGARETTE AND MATCH CASE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 8. 1906.

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.GLENDINNING GiROESBECK, OF'CI-NCINNATI', OHIO,

COMBINATION olGARET Specicationof Letters Patent.

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Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application illedMay 8, 1906. Serial No. 315,842.

To a/ZZ whom t may .con/cern:

.Be it known that I, GLENDINNiNG B. GnonsBEcK, a citizen xof the United States, residing at Cincinnati, 1n the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Cigarette and'Match Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a receptacle for holding and discharging both cigarettes and matches. i

. The object of my invention is to provide a l e combination cigarette vand match case adapted to discharge and expose for use a cigarette and match simultaneously without exposing v the other cigarettes and matches within the case and without taking hold of said cigarette or match until after it has been so separated from the others and exposed for use.

My invention consists in' a telescopic case comprising a member having a cigarette-re-l ceptacle and a match-receptacle, with a partition separating said receptacles and separating a'cigarette-slot and match-slot for the re.- ception and discharge of a cigarette and match simultaneously, and ai memlber having a cigarette-discharger and a match-discharger with j a .channel between them, .said dischargers each having a longitudinal groove in its upper edge andtadapted to-receive a cigarette and match, respectively, and to discharge the same simu aneously through the cigarette and match slots, respectively, and means for holding said members inpadjustable engagement with each other. q

My invention also consists in the partsand in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as herein setforth and claimed.

In the drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the cigarette and match case 1n closed p sition with acigarette and, match discharged ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the upper telescopic member raised preparatory to closin for the purpose of discharging a cigarette an match,

res ectively. Fig. 8 1s a section on the line :l: ai o Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a section on the line fy/yv of Fig..2. J ,A l prefer to construct my device substantially as follows: A member 1 of any suitable 3 form, but preferably .the form indicated in the drawings, having side walls 2, end walls 3, top 4, bottom 5, and a vertical partition 6, extending transversely therein' to divide said member linto a cigarette-receptacle 7 and a match-receptacle 8, having a cigarette-slot 9 and a match-slot 1() in the top 4 adjacent and upon each side of partition 6 for the reception and discharge of cigarettes 11' and matches 12, is adapted to telesco e with a member 13,- having. side walls 14, en vwalls 15, bottom 16,

and open top 17 to receive member 1 and having a vertical cigarette discharger 18, provided with a longitudinal cigarette-groove 19 in itsupper edge, and a vertical match-discharger 20, provided with a longitudinal match-groove 21 in its upper edge, said dischargers having flanges 22, adapted to engage with lugs 23 upon the partition 6 to hold said members 1 and 13 in engagement with each other. The bottom 5 of the cigarette and match rece tacles are .formed toconverge downwardll y from end walls 3 to engage cigarette-discharger 18 and match-discharger 20, respectively. The lower edge of the bottoms 5 extend to a point which when themeinber 1 `is raised, as shown in Fig. 44

will bring the inner surface of said bottoms 5 flush with the top surface of lsaid vdischargers in order that all of the cigarettes and matches will gravitate towardand upon the cigarette.

and match discharger, respectively, and thus permit of the discharge of all of the cigarettes .and matches from said receptacles.

A channel 24 is provided between the dischargers to receive the partition 6 and permit the dischargers to pass upwardly through the openings 25 and 26 in the bottom of the cigarette and match receptacles, respectively, to

carry a cigarette and match, respectively, up`

through said receptacles and-out of slots 9 shown in Figs. 2 and 4 and drop t e-cigai rettes and'matches into the cigarette and match receptacles 7 and 8, respectively.

'Then adjust s'aidmembers together, shaking the case endwise while doing so to prevent any cigarettes or matches from being carried out of the case upon the dischargers. To

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discharge a cigarette and match simultaneously, simply pull the upper telescopic member upwardly far enough to perimt a cigarette and match to drop into the cigarette and match grooves 19 and 21 respectivelyL and then adjust said member l to the closed position. (Shown in Figs. 1 and 3.) It will be observed that when the receptacles are nearly full of cigarettes and matches a single movement of case 1 upwardly a short distance or merely enough to permit a cigarette and match to drop into the respective grooves and then downwardly again to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 will enable the user to obtain in this simple manner the coveted cigarette and match with which to light it. As

the cigarettes and matches are used out the member 1 will have to be raised higher in order to permit a cigarette and match to drop into the said grooves, and when only one cigarette and one match remain in said receptacles it will be necessary to raise said' member to the position shown in Fig. 4 in order to load the dischargers.

It will be seen that when the case is raised it is open ready for the reception of cigarettes and matches, and when it is lowered to the position shown in Fig. 1.it is closed by the dischargers entering the slots, thus rendering it a. useful, convenient, and desirable case for the purpose desired.

My device is especially adapted and in-A tended forusenpon tables and desks, but

may be'constructed of a proper and conven-v It willient size to be-fcarried in the pocket. be apparent that my device is ca able of somergnodication without materia departure from'the`scope and spirit thereof.

1. In a combination cigarette and match case7 a member having a cigarette-receptacle and a match-receptacle respectively and means for discharging a cigarette and match simultaneouslythererom.

- case, a member having 2. In a combination cigarette and match a cigarette-receptacle and a match-receptac e adapted to telescope with a member having a cigarette-discharger and a match-discharger adapted to enter said cigarette-receptacle and match-receptacle respectively and discharge a cigarette and match simultaneously.

3. In a combination cigarette and match case, a member having a cigarette-receptacle and a cigarette-slot and a match-receptacle and match-slot and a partition between said j receptacles and slots respectively, adapted to telescope with a member having a cigarettedischarger and a match-discharger adapted to enter said cigarette receptacle and slot ahd said match receptacle and slot respectively to simultaneously discharge a cigarette and match.

4. IIn a combination cigarette and match case, a member having a cigarette-receptacle and a cigarette-slot and a match-receptacle and a match-slot and a partition between said -with a member having a cigarette-discharger and a match-discharger each provided with a longitudinal groove upon its upper edge for the purpose specified.

6. In a combination cigarette and match case, a member having a cigarette-receptacle and a match-'receptacle adapted to telescope with a member having a cigarette-discharger and a match-discharger said receptacles each having a bottom adapted toconverge downwardly toward said dischargers respectively.

I GLENDINNIYNG B. GROESBECK.

v Witnesses: JAMES N. RAMSEY, MARGARET R. OCONNOR. 

